contortions

英 [kənˈtɔːʃənz]

美 [kənˈtɔrʃənz]

n.  (脸部或躯体的)扭曲，变形，走样; 扭曲的动作(或姿势)
contortion的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (躯体、面部等的)扭弯，扭曲，变形
  Contortionsare movements of your body or face into unusual shapes or positions.
  1. I had to admire the contortions of the gymnasts.
     我不得不为这些体操运动员们高难度的扭体动作而赞叹。

双语例句

• But pearl, not a whit startled at her mother's threats, any more than mollified by her entreaties, now suddenly burst into a fit of passion, gesticulating violently, and throwing her small figure into the most extravagant contortions.
  珠儿刚才对她母亲的请求无动于衷，此时对母亲的吓唬也毫不惊惶；却突然大发脾气，做出激烈的姿态，把她小小的身躯弄得七扭八歪。
• These contortions, negations of beauty, betray so much solitude that one must ask oneself if the physiognomy of sadness is not a mode of objectifying death in life.
  这些扭曲，美的否定，巨大孤独的背叛，使人不禁要问自己，悲伤的面容难道不是死亡客观化的一种模式吗？
• The@ arg_sayer() example goes through a lot of contortions to obtain a rather limited result, but it is worthwhile for the several things it illustrates
  @argsayer（）绕了很多弯路，但只获得非常有限的结果，不过对于它所阐明的几方面来说，这是值得的
• Their bodily gyrations and contortions fascinated him.
  他们身体的旋转和扭曲使他看得入迷。
• The acrobat went through various contortions.
  卖艺人把身体作出各种扭歪的姿态。
• The first thing an astute reader will have noticed is that my sample application went through some odd contortions to get its input data.
  聪明的读者首先会注意到，我的样本应用程序通过一些不常见的、过于复杂的方法来获取其输入数据。
• He apparently believes his own contortions of the truth.
  他显然相信自己对事实的理解。
• With enough contortions, you can get an item for every type of sequence/ iterator.
  对于每种序列/迭代器类型，只要费一番功夫，总能够获得其中的特定条目。
• I had to admire the contortions of the gymnasts.
  我不得不为这些体操运动员们高难度的扭体动作而赞叹。
• Despite these contortions, the ICC still has popular support in Kenya.
  尽管有这些曲解，icc在肯尼亚还是拥有广泛支持。